Feed-rack.



- No. 655,504. Patented Aug. 7, I900.

- J. MORRIS.

FEED BACK.

(Application filed may 15, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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JAMES MORRIS, OF NEYV YORK, N. Y.

FEED-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 655,504, dated August'7, 1900.

Application filed May 18, 1900.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES Moan-Is, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of New York, (\Vestchesteu) in the borough ofBronx, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented a newand Improved Feed'Rack, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention relates to improvements in feed or hay racks for horses;and the object is to provide a rack of very simple andcomparatively-inexpensive construction that may be quickly and easilyput up in a stall and as easily taken down and folded for transportation, thus particularly adapting the de- Vice for use inracing-stables, in which it is desirable that each horse shall have hisown rack to avoid danger of contagious diseases that may be contractedfrom racks from which other or diseased animals have been fed.

1 will describe a feed-rack embodying my invention and then point outthe novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective View of a feedrack embodying my invention andshowing the same as placed in a stall. Fig. 2 is a face view of aportion of one of the rack-bars and support employed, and Fig. 3 is asection thereof.

The rack comprises a series of spaced bars 1, which are divergent fromthe bottom upward and are connected together at the top by a flexibleconnection, here shown as a chain 2, and at the bottom by a flexibleconnection or a chain 3. As shown in the drawings, the chains areconnected to the extreme ends of the bars by means of metal straps 4,riveted to the bars and passing through links of the chains. The-ends ofthe chains are designed to be detachably connected to the walls of astall. For this purpose I may employ snap-hooks 5, secured to the wallsof the stall by means of eyes 6, or the hooks may Serial No. 17,121. (Nomodel.)

be connected directly to the ends of the chains and engaged with eyes orstaples placed in the walls of the stall. By placing the chains at theextreme ends of the bars and employing the strap-fasteners there can beno danger of the halter or bridle of a horse catching on the bars.

A bottom for the rack is formed by means of chains 7, attached at oneend to the lower chain of the bars and at the other end to an eyearranged in a corner of the stall, as clearly indicated in Fig. 1.

It is obvious that a rack embodying my invention may be quickly placedin position or taken down and compactly foldedwith the blankets or othertrappings of a horse for the purpose of transportation from one place toanotherand practically insure that each horse has his own individualrack.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A feed-rack, comprising a series of bars, flexibleconnections for said bars at the top and bottom, means for attachingsaid flexible connections to the walls of a stall, and flexi ble devicesat the lower end of the rack and adapted for connection to a wall of thestall to form a bottom for the rack, substantially as specified.

2. A feed-rack, comprising a series of bars, chains extending over andconnecting the ends of said bars, means for detachably connecting theends of the chains to the walls of a stall, and a chain or chainsconnected to the lower portion of the rack and adapted for connection toa wall of the stall and forming a bottom for the rack, substantially asspecified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES MORRIS.

lVitnesses:

JNo. M. BITTER, U. R. FERGUSON.

